ANNUAL GRADUATE SCHOOL HOOD PRESENTATION ...

PROFILES OF THE
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 2012-2013
Danyelle Arlette Winchester, Ph.D., Genetics and Human Genetics. B.S., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, 2007.
Honors and Awards: Predoctoral Prostate Cancer Training Award, U.S. Department of Defense. Dissertation Advisor: Dr.
Georgia Dunston. Dissertation Title: “Genetic Variation in the IL-6 Response Element of SPINK1 Promoter and Prostate
Cancer in Men of African Descent”. Research Specialization: Human Genetics.
Veronica Y. Womack, Ph.D., Psychology. B.S., Howard University, 2006; M.S., Howard University, 2010. Honors and
Awards: Member, Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, 2011-2013; Graduate Assistantship, COR, National Institute
of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 2011-2012; Frederick Douglass Scholar, 2008-2011; Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, 2006-2008. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lloyd Sloan. Dissertation Title: “Does State
Mindfulness Influence the Effects of Hostility, Cultural Mistrust, and Racial Socialization on Coping Strategy Preference
Among African-American College Students Across Types of Stressful Situations?”. Research Specialization: Social Psychology.
Present Position: Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Roshane S. Wright, Ph.D., Psychology. B.S., University of Houston, 2005; M.S., Howard University, 2009. Honors
and Awards: Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Graduate Exchange Program, 2008; Graduate Assistantship, 2008.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Linda Berg-Cross. Dissertation Title: “African Caribbean Immigrant Acculturation, Ethnic Identity,
and Psychological Outcomes”. Research Specialization: Multiculturalism, Acculturation and Ethnic Identity. Present Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2013), Oklahoma City Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
32 Annual Hood Presentation Ceremony - Howard University Graduate School